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02 Mar 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

Indoors 1 - 5p.m. Visit of Jap official to Stanley.

2 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

The  internees insist on a separate election for chairman and vice-chairman  of the British Communal Council, and this takes place today. L. R. Nielsen, a New Zealand businessman with American interests, is elected chairman.

Eventually a deal is reached by which Franklin Gimson, still not in Stanley, will become a partner of the chairman.

Source:

G. B. Endacott and Alan Birch, Hong Kong Eclipse, 1978, 208.

2 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Quiet day. No rumours.

Jap admiral came out to the Prison. No-one allowed to see.